Keyless padlock.



R. MOSES. KEYLESS PADLOCK. APPLICATION FILED IuLy 9; Isls.

Patented Dec. 28, i915,

RICHARD MOSES, OF DECA'IUR, TEXAS.

KEYLESS BDLOCK.

Application led July 9, 1915.

T0 all 11i/tom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, RICHARD Moens, a citizen of the United States, residing at Decatur, in the county of /Vise and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful improvements in Keyless Padlocks; and l do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, suoli as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in keyless padlocks and comprises a simple and eflicient device of this nature having various details of construction, combinations 'and arrangements of parts which will be hereinafter fully described, shown in the accompanying drawings and then specifically defined in the appended claims.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure is a side elevation of a lock made in accordance with my invention, a part being shown in section. Fig. 2 is a sectional view on line 2-2 of Figi l, Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the dial, and Fig. 4 is a detail view of the spring lock bar.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by letter, A designates the body portion of a padlock having a way B in one side in which the tongue D is adapted to move. A spring F is -mounted within said way and adapted to bear against the end of the tongue to hold the same closed. A graduated cylinder H, with numerals upon the outer face thereof, is mounted in the body portion of the padlock and the inner portion of the cylinder is provided with recess or slot K.

N designates a push button with its inner end N contracted and adapted to engage the slot or recess K and is connected to a resilient locking member O, the end of which is adapted to engage a recess Q in the tongue to holdthe latter locked. A second spring R is fastened to the push button and serves to normally returnr the latter after having been pressed down to allow its in ner Iend to Aengage the slot in the cylindrical member and to unlock the tongue.

The operation of my inventionvwill be Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 28, i915.

Serial No. 38,928.

readily understood and is as follows The tongue being lockedmay be opened by turning the cylinder with the dial thereon until the recess or slot cornes in alinement with the contracted end N of the push button, after which the operator, by pressing in upon the end of the push button, may cause the contracted end to engage said recess, the locking member O yielding sufficiently to cause its locking end to be withdrawn from the notch in the shank portion of the tongue, at the same time putting the spring R under tension. As the tongue is closed and pressure released from the push button, the tongue will automatically lock.

What I claim to be new is p l. A keyless padlock provided with a body portion having a spring-pressed tongue pivotally mounted thereon and having a notch near its free end, the top of the body portion having an aperture, a rotatable tumbler with a. notch in the circumference thereof, a transversely mounted resilient locking member pivoted at one end within said body portion and its free end adapted to engage the notch in the tongue, a springpressed push button extending through an aperture in the top of said body portion and its lower end adapted to engage the notch in the tumbler and in alinement therewith, a projection upon said push button bearing against the locking member at substantially its central portion and designed to cause said locking member to yield suliiciently when the push button is depressed to cause the clear end of said locking member to free the notch in the tongue.

2. A keyless padlockprovided with a body portion having a spring-pressed tongue pivotally mounted thereon and having a notch near its free end, the top vof the body portion having an aperture, a rotatable tumbler with a notch in the circumference thereof, a transversely mounted resilient locking member pivoted at one end within said body portion and its free end adapted to engage the notch in the tongue, said locking member having a recess in one edge thereof adjacent to its longitudinal center, a springpressedpush button having its upper end contracted and terminating in a shoulder,

said contracted end passing through anaperture in the top of the body portion and a shoulder adapted to contact with the top to limit the movement of the push button in one direction, the inner end of the push but- In testimony whereof I hereunto ax my ton deslgned to engage sind slot when 1n slgnature 111 presence of two Wrtnesses. 2')y th\\"tl rl 1 v- Lhnemen t me 1 1, tre lusl bl tten m0 RICHARD MOSES. i

able in .said recess of the looking member,

und a pin projeetng from the push button TWitnesses:

adapted Le engage the upper surface of the R. A. GETTYS, lockingv member. CLARENCE Gr'rrys. 

